AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core i7 14700KF

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, vs Intel Core i7 14700KF. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Intel Core i7 14700KF
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
2073
Intel Core i7 14700KF
2160
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
23334
Intel Core i7 14700KF
35265
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
132
Intel Core i7 14700KF
124
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
1322
Intel Core i7 14700KF
1770
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
4434
Intel Core i7 14700KF
4497
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
40068
Intel Core i7 14700KF
53203
Integer Math116.8 GOps/s184.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math79.5 GOps/s135.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search426 M primes/s220 M primes/s
Random String Sort48.7 M strings/s75.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption22.2 GB/s40.6 GB/s
Data Compression468.5 MB/s705.2 MB/s
Physics4093 frames/s3103 frames/s
Extended Instructions388 M matrices/s411 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
3315
Intel Core i7 14700KF
3040
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
18350
Intel Core i7 14700KF
21289
File Compression1730 MB/s1610 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.3 KLines/s191.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser356.9 pages/s537.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering509 MP/sec591.4 MP/sec
Text Processing337 pages/s301.2 pages/s
Background Blur90.4 frames/s80.3 frames/s
Photo Processing135.2 frames/s180.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing29.1 MP/sec45.2 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
321.39
Intel Core i7 14700KF
443.09

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 152.9 PPW 170.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 333.9 PPW 425.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 11 PPW 14.2 PPW
Blender / W 2.68 PPW 3.54 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced October, 31, 2024 October, 16, 2023
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number n/a i7-14700KF
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 16
Frequency 4.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.2 GHz 5.6 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a12
Threadsn/a12
Frequencyn/a2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.3 GHz
General
Cores count820
Threads count1628
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier47x34x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache96 MB total33 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) 162 W 253 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 192 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 89.6 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

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Survey

Which CPU would you pick?
10 (37.04%)
17 (62.96%)
Total Votes: 27

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